tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28747738492843854882018-03-06T11:40:55.860-05:00Vandeervecken's VeritasMy view of the truth. Be it politics, social issues, music, film, or literature. I welcome all opinions to comment and engage in discussion.Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-67447867007291710452016-07-31T15:01:00.000-04:002016-07-31T15:04:18.256-04:00Ezra Klein Talks of Conventions and Normality <br />Ezra Klein talks about how diffeent the RNC convention was from the norm. Worth a watch. &nbsp;Hit link.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/7/28/12281222/trump-clinton-conventions" target="_blank">http://www.vox.com/2016/7/28/12281222/trump-clinton-conventions</a><br />Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-38468908447650383132016-07-31T14:31:00.001-04:002016-07-31T14:57:16.386-04:00Election 2016 - Libertarian Party<span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">&nbsp; Now that we have the major players, and for the most part every party has selected their nominee, it is time to start discussing the election here.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br />&nbsp; There are things I like about the Libertarian Party, but other things I do not. &nbsp;I do think nobody would argue thought that it is the most credible of the so called third parties. &nbsp;Given the fact that so many detest the major party nominees, I am going to start with the other parties in order of their credibility (in my admittedly subjective opinion) and mathematical chances of election.<br /><br /><br /><b><u>&nbsp; Libertarian Party</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b>Presidential Candidate: &nbsp;Gary Johnson<br />VP &nbsp;Candidate: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; William Weld<br /><br /><br />&nbsp;While I like the fact that on most civil issues the Libertarians are for increased personal liberty and as long as you are harming nobody else, leaving you alone. &nbsp;I support their call for full legalization of marijuana, wending the drug war, and getting rid of private prisons. &nbsp;all have done vast damage to our&nbsp;society&nbsp;in myriad ways. &nbsp;Sadly though the party leaves the&nbsp;realm&nbsp;of&nbsp;reality in other ways and offers up a platform with things in it so vile and dangerous I&nbsp;cannot support them</span><br /><br />&nbsp;Sorry but I cannot get behind a party who has an official position says child labor laws are immoral and need to be immediately repealed because it places an unfair burden on business to not be able to force 6 year old kids into coal mines for 3 cents a day, because hey a minimum wage is unfair too. Oh yes and giving that 6 year old a breather mask so he doesn't die of black lung before he grows hair on his willy is also an unfair burden, tell the kid not to breathe to deeply.<br /><br />More importantly even than those is their stand on environmental laws. This is a battle I lived through. The official Libertarian position is that all these laws need to go. Business should be able to spew anything they want anywhere they want. That if some harm comes from this it is not the role of government to do anything about it, that we as individual citizens have to take on huge corporations in court and prove that we were harmed, exactly to what monetary value that harm was, and that this corporation was responsible and no other. Do you really think that you have the resources to make a fair court battle with Dow Chemical or the Ford Motor Company?<br /><br /><div>Many of you are too young to remember the things I have seen.</div><div>Standing on the bank of the Clinton River in Mt. Clemens MI watching it burn for 3 days becasue it was so polluted a passing car that a cigarette butt had been tossed out of on a bridge cause it to explode.<br /><br />The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland burning even longer in similar circumstances when I was younger.</div><div>Driving to Chicago and seeing a dark mass on the horizon for more than half an hour as we approached Ft. Wayne Indiana, and driving through it on a Sunday, near noon, on a cloudless day and having to have the windows up and the headlights on because the air pollution was so bad you could barely see a bright spot n the gloom where the sun was.<br /><br />I lived through that, and know that it too represents a clear and present danger to our future. Both types of law took decades, and hundreds of deaths to enact, and that was before corporations were allowed unlimited buying power in elections. If we loose them, we loose them forever and our nation will go further down the road to a dystopian hellhole where we all slave for rich corporate masters until our increasingly birth defected children (from the pollution) can no longer even breed and we die out.<br /><br />The Libertarians, like Trump, represent an existential threat to our liberty and indeed the very survival of the human race. I cannot vote for them. I cannot recommend anyone else vote for them. In fact I openly call on all people to NOT vote for them.<br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">&nbsp; A little musical interlude, a song from the era when we were trying to enact Clean Air and Clean Water legislation.</span></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/49bl6FrgZTs/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/49bl6FrgZTs?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /></div></div>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-27074670511029998802016-07-16T01:41:00.001-04:002016-07-16T01:41:36.210-04:00Dad gets to play make-up artist.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uiAPWYlvdgM" width="459"></iframe>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-89432380439036930342016-07-15T02:23:00.001-04:002016-07-15T02:23:02.502-04:00Dad gets a makeover.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2DFXvrwWQ2Y" width="459"></iframe>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-49821110180862272892016-01-20T20:25:00.001-05:002016-01-20T20:25:40.416-05:00Undrinkable: The Flint Water Emergency<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TA53UEr2vaQ" width="480"></iframe>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-82747048966249866242016-01-16T01:28:00.000-05:002016-01-16T01:29:06.955-05:00The Danger That is Donald TrumpI've been spending too much time on Facebook and my <a href="https://baalatproservices.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Book Blog, Baalat's Temple</a>, and not enough doing this blog. &nbsp;I'll be changing that this year.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">Adolf Hitler took power in Germany quite legally. Many people forget that fact. One of the ways he took power is because so many citizens of Germany thought he was an obvious buffoon who would flame out. He flamed out finally, but not until he lead the world down the path of unimaginable horror.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">We are witnessing the rise of our own American Hitler. I speak of course of Donald Trump. this man is more dangerous to our nation, its place in the world and its posterity than any other man, woman, or group on the planet. Trump's rise in the campaign is fueled by the least educated, low information, hate filled and frightened people in our nation. Their bigotry, ignorance and fear feed his ego, bigotry and thirst for power. A feedback loop of every negative facet of humanity has developed between him and these people and it is every bit as dangerous as the same phenomena that placed Hitler in power.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">Do not underestimate the danger we are in at this moment in history. Those of us who think he is dangerous, those of you who think he is a joke that will collapse, anyone not ignorant, fearful and bigoted need to loudly stand up and repudiate him.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-top: 6px;">Donald Trump, I reject and condemn you and everything you stand for. Your fascist, racist, bigoted kleptocracy is everything our nation was founded to be opposed to. I will not be silent. I will not be passive. You are an embarrassment to me as a citizen of the United States and more so as a member of the human race. I stand for our Constitution and for my fellow citizens of all races, creeds and colors.</div>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-66702564092021508582015-12-31T17:10:00.001-05:002015-12-31T17:10:13.862-05:00ЧТО БУДЕТ, ЕСЛИ ПОДЖЕЧЬ 10 000 БЕНГАЛЬСКИХ ОГНЕЙ!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W55b4BcCPM4" width="480"></iframe>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-11034970290125569472015-04-05T00:32:00.001-04:002015-04-05T00:32:57.690-04:00Michael Burhans<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mphrZewfyGw" width="480"></iframe>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-4058124701639906152014-02-19T09:21:00.001-05:002014-02-19T09:21:05.086-05:00Common fallacies<a href="http://www.nobeliefs.com/fallacies.htm">Common fallacies</a><br /><br />&nbsp; A good review for those who debate online.Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-2861156620093879632013-11-17T03:21:00.001-05:002013-11-17T03:21:37.887-05:00Bob Marley - redemption song acustic<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OFGgbT_VasI" width="459"></iframe>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-20902372804573465302013-10-17T00:04:00.001-04:002013-10-17T00:04:06.441-04:00Christina Bianco Diva Impressions 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' (as Adele...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/C3DlDPeurRw" width="480"></iframe>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-2215781504245277352013-07-26T00:46:00.001-04:002013-07-26T00:46:09.707-04:00View image: Per Tabl Irr Nons<br />The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense!<br /><br /><a href="http://postimg.org/image/jrbau3gwx/">View image: Per Tabl Irr Nons</a>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-88390020777832377192013-07-11T03:37:00.001-04:002013-07-11T03:37:21.238-04:00Review: Choices | Baalat's Temple<span style="font-size: large;">A Review of Sydney Lane's wonderful new book CHOICES.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="http://baalatproservices.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/review-choices/"><span style="font-size: large;">Review: Choices | Baalat's Temple</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-15531229966756522162013-05-28T16:36:00.001-04:002013-05-28T16:36:12.223-04:00Misplaced Honor - NYTimes.com<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/05/26/sunday-review/26MEMORIAL/26MEMORIAL-articleLarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/05/26/sunday-review/26MEMORIAL/26MEMORIAL-articleLarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/opinion/sunday/misplaced-honor.html?_r=1&amp;">Misplaced Honor - NYTimes.com</a>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-73952175627596439242013-05-28T16:33:00.001-04:002013-05-28T16:33:35.253-04:00Confederate Traitors Don't Deserve the Honors - The Daily Beast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2013/05/28/confederate-traitors-don-t-deserve-the-honors/_jcr_content/body/inlineimage.img.503.png/1369742704757.cached.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2013/05/28/confederate-traitors-don-t-deserve-the-honors/_jcr_content/body/inlineimage.img.503.png/1369742704757.cached.png" width="319" /></a></div><br /><br />&nbsp; Time to stop honoring violent traitors who killed hundreds of thousands for the worst cause ever fought for.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/28/confederate-traitors-don-t-deserve-the-honors.html">Confederate Traitors Don't Deserve the Honors - The Daily Beast</a>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-50253923912485089542013-05-06T08:17:00.001-04:002013-05-06T08:22:04.141-04:00Hot New Release Today! Lost in You by Heidi McLaughlin<span style="font-size: x-large;">&nbsp; There is a hot new release today on Amazon!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Yej6+dsGL._AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-46,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Yej6+dsGL._AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-46,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">USA Today&nbsp;Bestselling&nbsp;Author&nbsp;Heidi McLaughlin's new Lost In You!</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ryan Stone is a less than average teenager. He doesn’t have fancy clothes. He doesn’t carry around the latest smartphone and he definitely doesn’t have an MP3 player. Instead, he goes to school, does his chores and dreams of a new life away from Brookfield where he’s expected to follow in his blue collar family’s footsteps.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hadley Carter is America’s Pop Princess. A successful recording artist living her dream with a sold-out tour and a handful of Grammy’s there isn’t much that she wants for, except love. But finding love on the road is near impossible when all she longs for are romantic dinners, a nighttime stroll on the beach and holding hands with someone who isn’t going to exploit her.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When a chance encounter introduces Ryan to Hadley, will he be like her adoring fans looking for a way in, or will it be Hadley who pursues Ryan even though it might cost her the only career she's known.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /></span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lost in You is a story about following your dreams, taking risks and getting lost in love.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; Looks like a good one!</span></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lost-in-You-ebook/dp/B00CNXR4GK/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367834324&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=lost+in+you"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lost in You: Heidi McLaughlin: Amazon.com: Kindle Store</span></a></h2></div>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-84176145175323057222013-05-03T02:24:00.001-04:002013-05-03T02:24:44.765-04:00Review: Anna and the French Kiss<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6936382'><img alt='Anna and the French Kiss' border='0' src='http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358271931m/6936382.jpg'/></a><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6936382'>Anna and the French Kiss</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3095893'>Stephanie Perkins</a><br/><br /> My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605828495'>4 of 5 stars</a><br /> <br/><br/><br /> I read and loved Lola and the Boy Next Door, and somehow never twigged to the fact that it was a follow up to this book. When I was told, I immediately went out and got it. I am sure glad I did. This book as at least as good as Lola.<br /><br /> Anna is a character that is fully drawn, interesting, complex, and believable. A person I or you would love to know. Her journey is believable, and interesting, I had a real problem putting this book down to go to work or get in the shower. <br /><br /> I would love to see a third book come out in this series, and I would love to see more books by this author on other subjects, timelines or character sets.<br /> <br/><br/><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605828495'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-87833933380301421992013-05-03T02:17:00.001-04:002013-05-03T02:17:09.078-04:00Review: Four Summers<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17666999'><img alt='Four Summers' border='0' src='http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1365697054m/17666999.jpg'/></a><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17666999'>Four Summers</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5784345'>Nyrae Dawn</a><br/><br /> My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/567695849'>5 of 5 stars</a><br /> <br/><br/><br /> Nyrae Dawn did what she always does. She wrote a great, unputdownable book. As with several other of her books, I have a major league book crush on the female protagonist. <br /><br /> This is undoubtedly going to be on my Top-Ten Books of the Year list. Over the course of 4 summers we get to watch a set of characters grow and change in believable ways. As they get older their worldview changes believable, their relationships change, and we learn new things about all of them.<br /><br /> Nyrae writes such believable people you always feel as if they are people you really know or knew. their triumphs feel like your own, and their tragedies cut you deeply. Even the surprises, and this book has some, come across as so real, and so much a part of real life that in retrospect you should not have been surprised.<br /><br /> Nyrae Dawn is an amazing talent who should be a household name worldwide, and someday will be. I will read anything she ever publishes.<br /> <br/><br/><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/567695849'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-61503171237379547112013-05-03T02:03:00.001-04:002013-05-03T02:03:49.095-04:00Review: Twisted Perfection<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333880'><img alt='Twisted Perfection' border='0' src='http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1360904964m/17333880.jpg'/></a><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333880'>Twisted Perfection</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4872191'>Abbi Glines</a><br/><br /> My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605820218'>5 of 5 stars</a><br /> <br/><br/><br /> This book had everything I have come to expect in an Abbi Glines book. Interesting characters, each with their own secrets and inner demons, believable locations, and conflict that could come right out of your circle of family and friends.<br /><br /> This book is more adult than some of her works, NA rather than YA, and I must say the erotic parts were very, very erotic. Not only very erotic, but believable. Not everyone is a porn star, they engage in believable acts, not really outrageous experimentation right out of the starting gate in the relationship. Sex that was tender, and loving, as well as smoking hot and intense. Loved all of it.<br /><br /> I also loved the dark psychological parts of this book, there is pain here for people to overcome, and you wonder will love overcome the past? I'll be orderings the follow-up as soon as that is possible and turning my Kindle on the moment if goes live so I can start it.<br /><br /> This book is just another reason to add to the already overwhelming reasons why I buy everything Abbi Glines writes. It has come to the point where all I need to know is that it IS and Abbi Glines book. I don;t care what series, stand alone, or even the title. She wrote it,m I want to read it.<br /> <br/><br/><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605820218'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-76215452693102136992013-05-03T01:27:00.001-04:002013-05-03T01:27:01.040-04:00Review: Choices<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17838330'><img alt='Choices' border='0' src='http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1366779923m/17838330.jpg'/></a><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17838330'>Choices</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7060081'>Sydney Lane</a><br/><br /> My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605155817'>5 of 5 stars</a><br /> <br/><br/><br /> REVIEW withheld until book is released. Let me just say, look at the stars man!<br /> <br/><br/><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/605155817'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-27756356004925038862013-05-01T19:00:00.000-04:002013-05-02T01:43:30.748-04:00Destined To Succeed Cover Reveal & Date Reveal!&nbsp; Lisa M. Harley has revealed the cover and publication date of the 2nd book in her Destined series! &nbsp;Here is the cover!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eOehCbyH-LU/UYH7CAMTmJI/AAAAAAAAAzg/moJSVUvpyCw/s1600/des2suc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eOehCbyH-LU/UYH7CAMTmJI/AAAAAAAAAzg/moJSVUvpyCw/s320/des2suc1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Blurb: &nbsp;<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">What would you do if what you worked your entire life to build was suddenly destroyed?</span></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Cade Walker is a cowboy Casanova. He’s cocky and he doesn’t care who knows it. He was raised on Walker Ranch and was destined to one day take it over. What he didn’t know was how soon that would happen. After his parents are killed in a car accident he is thrust into becoming a responsible adult. Well, sort of. Cade is always responsible when it comes to business, but pleasure, now that’s a whole other story.</span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Suzanna Mallory is a red-headed spitfire, who also happens to be Cade’s best friend. She has loved Cade since they met when they were nine years old, but Cade just isn’t the type to get married and settle down. Suzanna finds herself in an abusive marriage and the only thing that keeps her sane is her daughter, Isabella, and working with Cade at Walker Ranch.</span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When a fire threatens to destroy the future of Walker Ranch, Cade and Suzanna have to work together to save it.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">What will this mean for her marriage or to the feelings that she has for Cade?&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">And now that Cade thought he found love with Loralei Harper, only to realize she didn’t feel the same way, is he ready to settle down?&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Is Cade Walker Destined to Succeed?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&nbsp; When will it be published?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6C-qSp07yhE/UYH7BmR4cLI/AAAAAAAAAzY/pAqfFRDi7nE/s1600/des2suchead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6C-qSp07yhE/UYH7BmR4cLI/AAAAAAAAAzY/pAqfFRDi7nE/s320/des2suchead.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June 9, 2013!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; If you haven't read Destined to Change, I highly recommend you do so before reading this. &nbsp;Hot, fun and compelling.</div><br /><br />Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-54833362102863795212013-04-24T00:01:00.000-04:002013-04-24T00:01:01.361-04:00Choices Cover Reveal!<b>Choices is a Mature Young Adult contemporary romance, appropriate for audiences 17+. To be released Summer 2013.</b><br /><br /><br /><div class="ecxtext_exposed_root ecxtext_exposed" id="ecxid_5174afd7961314f33874360"><h2><span class="ecxuserContent" data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><u><strong>Choices</strong> </u></span></h2><span class="ecxuserContent" data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><br /> Fate brought her here, but will her choices destroy her dreams?<br /><br /> Quincy Priest made all the right choices in her small town, black-and-white life. But being perfect is tiring. So. Very. Tiring. <br /><br /> Wanting desperately to step out of her sister's shadow, Quincy jumps at the opportunity to attend college with her best friend. The quiet bookworm with family secrets comes out of her shell. But<span class="ecxtext_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="ecxtext_exposed_show"> when Quincy meets not one, but two perfect guys, she has to make a choice. In doing so, she might forfeit the relationship she secretly longed to find. <br /><br /> Declan. Sweet, handsome, and perfect. He makes her feel cherished for the first time in her life.<br /><br /> Brody. Sexy, hot, and irresistible. He could tear down her carefully built walls.<br /><br /> Before she can become the woman she wants to be, Quincy will make mistakes. And suffer one unimaginable loss.</span></span><br />&nbsp;</div><div class="ecxtext_exposed_root ecxtext_exposed" id="ecxid_5174afd7961314f33874360"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tU6fQj8znc4/UXYwW1_D_GI/AAAAAAAAAzI/e-HVQOAQHnE/s1600/w+bokeh+big+blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tU6fQj8znc4/UXYwW1_D_GI/AAAAAAAAAzI/e-HVQOAQHnE/s320/w+bokeh+big+blue.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The cover was designed by <strong>Storm Designs (Sarie Storm), </strong>and she also lives here in Nashville, TN.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Teaser:&nbsp;</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp; “I could stay here forever if you always looked at me just like that.” I don’t understand what he means, but I can’t take my eyes off him. “Everything.” His voice deepens while he looks into my eyes. “I like everything about you, Quince. I like the way those little wisps of hair frame your face. I love your eyes, so deep I get lost i<span class="ecxtext_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="ecxtext_exposed_show">n them. Those lips I can’t resist. But I like you, Quince. The first time I saw you, I was drawn to you. I knew right then that you would turn my world upside down. It scared the hell out of me, but I knew I’d follow you anywhere.” He just made me feel beautiful, really beautiful, for the first time in my life.<br /> There are no words for that. Instead, I wrap my arms around his neck and roughly kiss him. I twist my fingers in his hair and wonder why I haven’t done that before. Besides his eyes, his hair is the sexiest thing about him. But it’s what he hides on the inside that I so desperately want to see.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="ecxtext_exposed_show"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="ecxtext_exposed_show"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="ecxtext_exposed_show"><b>About The Author:</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="ecxtext_exposed_show"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp; Sydney Lane lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and children. Growing up in Smalltown, USA, Sydney dreamed of being a writer. After spending an outrageous amount of money to go to college, Sydney finally decided to follow her heart. With her babies in bed and husband neglected, she worked by the light of her laptop and wrote Choices. Sydney is very active in charity work for anti-bullying and depression awareness groups.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Sydney-Lane/462804840457482?ref=hl">Author Sydney Lane on Facebook</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="ecxtext_exposed_root ecxtext_exposed" id="ecxid_5174afd7961314f33874360" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-74467013833894077922013-04-23T09:34:00.001-04:002013-04-23T09:34:06.743-04:00Review: Shut Out<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10757771'><img alt='Shut Out' border='0' src='http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327918078m/10757771.jpg'/></a><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10757771'>Shut Out</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3095919'>Kody Keplinger</a><br/><br /> My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/442593397'>5 of 5 stars</a><br /> <br/><br/><br /> This is my third Kody Keplinger book, and actually the one I thought I would enjoy the most when I first read the blurbs on all of them. Surprisingly I thought it was the weakest of the three she has written so far. That being said I still give it 5 stars because it was still excellent.<br /><br /> As with all her books the scenario is believable, the characters complex and well drawn, and she writes broken people really, really well. This is a little lighter fair than her other two but she still managed to make some really good statements about female empowerment and societies absurd sexual double-standard. <br /><br /> I suppose if I had not been such a fan of the old Greek play-writes I'd not have figured out where it was going as fast as I did, still a great read.<br /><br /> The biggest thing I hated though was as I was finishing I suddenly realized I had now read all her books and will have to wait to get another one. Makes me want to go buy the author a lot of coffee to spur her to write faster. LOL<br /> <br/><br/><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/442593397'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-56718483721878531322013-04-23T09:29:00.001-04:002013-04-23T09:29:11.581-04:00Review: Nowhere But Home<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15813537'><img alt='Nowhere But Home' border='0' src='http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344547633m/15813537.jpg'/></a><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15813537'>Nowhere But Home</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/133205'>Liza Palmer</a><br/><br /> My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/597854534'>5 of 5 stars</a><br /> <br/><br/><br /> Several of my friends on Goodreads added this to their TBR's the other day and I read the blurb and thought it sounded worth the read. Boy was I right. I simply loved this book. As someone who made his living as a chef, and who had bounced around a bit with a broken heart when I was younger, the author gets everything right. The feel of working with the food, the feelings of worthlessness, and the hardening of the heart, trying to feel nothing to keep the pain away. Everything was on the mark. You really care about the main character, and she and all the others in this book are well drawn, complex, and believable.<br /><br /> I had trouble putting this book down, and was sad when I finished, though I loved the ending. I am going to get this authors entire catalog now because this was really flawless.<br /> <br/><br/><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/597854534'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874773849284385488.post-84922749074162716712013-04-18T00:48:00.001-04:002013-04-18T00:48:04.174-04:00Review: Unmaking Hunter Kennedy<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15783623'><img alt='Unmaking Hunter Kennedy' border='0' src='http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1343964932m/15783623.jpg'/></a><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15783623'>Unmaking Hunter Kennedy</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5752652'>Anne Eliot</a><br/><br /> My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/591790869'>5 of 5 stars</a><br /> <br/><br/><br /> This book surprised me. I had loved Anne Eliot's ALMOST, and thought this look a lot less substantial when I read the blurb for it. I was feeling like something a little lighter, so I thought I'd read this. HA! There was so much more to this book than I thought at first blush. Ms Eliot writes broken people beautifully, and realistically. The main two protagonists both come across as very real, but both have serious issues to work out for themselves. You feel yourself really pulling for them.<br /><br /> There is so much I want to say, but my no spoilers rule applies, read this book. Lastly, Vere has entered my list of book girlfriends I will never forget.<br /><br />PS Anne Eliot is now on my must buy list. She puts out a book and I will buy it not knowing anything else about it. Both her books have been impossible to put down, and remain in your soul.<br /> <br/><br/><br /> <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/591790869'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Vandeerveckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13264906471416208566noreply@blogger.com0